Bio of BENJAMIN, Dr. Arthur Edwin (b.1868), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest;
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev.
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical);
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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ARTHUR EDWIN BENJAMIN, M. D. - Vol II, pg 192-195
Dr. Arthur Edwin Benjamin, engaged in medical practice in Minneapolis and also
well known through his contributions to the literature of the profession, was
born in Hutchinson, Minnesota, December 19, 1868, his parents being Dr. John and
Elizabeth (Garner) Benjamin, who were natives of England. The father practiced
medicine in his native country and at length sailed for the new world, settling
in Boston, where he practiced from 1847 until 1857. He then removed to Rockford,
Illinois, where he engaged in banking until 1860, at which time he became a
resident of Hutchinson, Minnesota. He was there during several Indian massacres
and rendered medical aid to the injured. The latter part of his life, however,
was devoted to agricultural pursuits.
Arthur E. Benjamin acquired his education in the public and high schools of
Hutchinson until graduated with the class of 1887. He afterward matriculated in
the University of Minnesota as a medical student and gained his professional
degree in 1892. He then located for general practice in Minneapolis but
subsequently turned his attention to surgery, in which he has since specialized.
He has taken postgraduate work in the leading American and European hospitals
and his ability is of pronounced order. He has intimate knowledge of anatomy and
the component parts of the human body, recognizes the onslaughts made thereon by
disease and in the face of emergency is always cool and collected, so that he is
able to use his scientific knowledge and training to the best advantage. He was
for a number of years with the University of Minnesota as clinical instructor
and assistant and he is well known as the author of a number of valuable medical
papers and has published several medical works which have received wide and
favorable mention. He has also prepared at his own expense a complete history of
the Hennepin County Medical Society and he has urged every possible advance and
done everything in his power to promote the standards of medical practice.
During the World war Dr. Benjamin served on the examining board and on the
medical advisory board. He volunteered and was accepted as a member of the
Medical Corps, after which he was assigned to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and was
also stationed for a short time at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia, there remaining
until the armistice was signed, when he returned to Minneapolis and again took
up the private practice of his profession. He held the rank of captain when with
the army.
In Minneapolis, in 1900, Dr. Benjamin was married to Miss Blanche Grimshaw. a
daughter of Robert E. Grimshaw, of one of the old families of this city. Dr. and
Mrs. Benjamin have become parents of four children: Edwin Grimshaw, Harold
Garner, Maude Elizabeth and Alice Louise. Mrs. Benjamin takes an active part in
and is a member of many social and literary clubs, while both the Doctor and his
wife belong to the Congregational church and manifest a helpful attitude toward
all phases of the church work. In politics he is a republican and served as a
member of the board of charities and correction under Mayor Nye. Fraternally he
is a Mason who loyally follows the teachings and purposes of the craft, while
along more strictly social lines he has connection with the Interlachen Country
Club, the Lafayette Club, the Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Minneapolis Golf
Club. His concern in matters of public welfare is manifest in his connection
with the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Association and with the Better
Minneapolis Com-mi^sion. Broad and varied as are his interests and helpful his
activities, he nevertheless considers his chief duty to be in the line of his
profession and he keeps in touch with the constant trend of progress and
improvement along the lines of Medical and surgical practice through his
connection with the Hennepin County Medical Society, the Minnesota State Medical
Society and the American Medical Association, and other medical associations, in
several of which he has held office. He never lightly regards his professional
duties and his devotion to the welfare of his patients has been one of the
pronounced features in his continued success.